New Jersey S 4338: Authorizes use of county inmate welfare funds for certain reentry services.

Bill Text

S4338 

SENATE, No. 4338 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� VINCENT J. POLISTINA

District 2 (Atlantic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires CRDA board membership to include at least 
three voting members who are Atlantic County residents.� 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning the membership of the Casino Reinvestment 
Development Authority board of directors and amending P.L.1984, c.218. 

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 5 of P.L.1984, 
c.218 (C.5:12-153) is amended to read as follows:

���� 5. a. There is established in, 
but not of, the Department of the Treasury a Casino Reinvestment Development 
Authority to consist of the following members:� 

���� (1)�� Six members appointed by 
the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms of four years, 
except that of the initial members to be appointed pursuant to this 1991 
amendatory act, P.L.1991, c.219, one shall be appointed for a term of two years 
and one for a term of four years;� 

���� (2)�� Two members appointed by 
the Governor upon the recommendation of the President of the Senate for a term 
of four years;� 

���� (3)�� Two members appointed by 
the Governor upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the General Assembly for 
a term of four years;� 

���� (4)�� A member of the Casino 
Control Commission, who shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be a 
voting member of the authority;� 

���� (5)�� The mayor of Atlantic 
City, ex officio and voting;

���� (6)�� The� Attorney General 
and the State Treasurer, ex officio and voting;

���� (7)�� Two casino industry 
representatives, both of whom shall be voting members, appointed by the 
Governor for terms of two years, except that of the initial appointees, one 
shall serve for a term of one year and one for a term of two years.� No person 
shall be reappointed to succeed himself as a casino industry representative 
member, and no person appointed shall be an employee, officer or agent of the 
same casino licensee as the person whom he succeeds as a casino industry 
representative member; and

���� (8)�� One member appointed by 
the Governor to serve ex officio as a voting member, who shall be either the 
Commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development or the 
Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, or� the Governor may appoint, 
in lieu thereof, an additional member of the Casino Control Commission as a 
voting member.

���� No more than four of the 
voting members appointed by the Governor pursuant to paragraph (1) of this 
subsection shall be of the same political party. 

���� In the appointment of members 
of the authority, consideration should be given to achieving a membership of 
high quality and varied experience, with special emphasis on the fields of 
banking, finance, investment, and housing and urban development.

���� b.��� Each member appointed by 
the Governor shall hold office for the term of his appointment and until his 
successor shall have been appointed and qualified.� A member shall be eligible 
for reappointment.� Any vacancy in the membership occurring other than by 
expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
appointment but for the unexpired term only.� 

���� c.���� The member or members 
of the Casino Control Commission appointed by the Governor shall serve as a 
member or members of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority at the 
pleasure of the Governor, subject to the limitations in subsections c., f., and 
h. of section 52 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-52). Such a member may be removed 
or suspended from office as a member of the Casino Reinvestment Development 
Authority as provided in section 6 of this act.� Any removal or suspension from 
office of a member of the Casino Control Commission from the Casino 
Reinvestment Development Authority shall not affect his office held as a member 
of the Casino Control Commission.� Removal from office as a member of the 
Casino Control Commission may only be done in accordance with subsection g. of 
section 52 of P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-52).

���� d.��� Following the 
effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (pending before the Legislature as this 
bill), at least three of the six members appointed by the Governor pursuant to 
paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section shall be residents of Atlantic 
County.� This requirement shall apply to appointments made after the effective 
date of P.L.��� , c.��� (pending before the Legislature as this bill), but 
shall not be construed to require the appointment of new members prior to the 
expiration of the terms of the members serving on the effective date of P.L.��� 
, c.��� (pending before the Legislature as this bill).

(cf: P.L.2004, c.129, s.11)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires that at 
least